Oxfordshire, Waterperry - modification
New head to Walter Curson 1527 replaced lost head of Simon Kemp. The feet on the brass have been modified.
Alterations to the brass of Simon Kemp Esquire and wife Margaret (both d1442) www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8423733550/ buried in Holy Trinity Priory Aldgate,London dissolved in 1532 when fixtures and fittings were sold off (this plate appropriated by the exors of Walter Curson and Isabel Saunders www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8423733466/ )
c1527 Walter Curson and wife Isabel daughter of Edward Saunders 1514 and Joan Makerneys www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8418850713/
Walter was the 3rd son of John Curson of Kedleston and Elizabeth daughter of Stephen Eyre & Catherine Dymoke : grandson of Richard Curson and Alice Willoughby www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8437970615/, Walter was great grandson of John Curson of Kedleston and Joan Bagot www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8437914367/ of Blithfield
Children
1. Richard of Waterperry m Anna daughter of William Giffard of Twyford
2. Mary
3. Thomas d1555 m Agnes daughter of John Hussey of Shapwyck, Blandford (parents of Mary Fermor www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/11131700316/ )
4. Sibill
5. Gregory
6. Anne
Walter had been acquiring land in Oxfordshire, Bucks and Yorks early in 16c In 1523 he leased the Beaufeu manor here as his residence and after Oseney Abbey was dissolved in 1539 the advowson was granted to Richard Andrewes and Leonard Chamberlain of Woodstock who sold them in 1544 to son Richard in whose family they remained until 19c
In his will Walter bequeathed whatever sum as was necessary, at the discretion of his wife Isabel and son Richard, be provided for removing the tiles and lead from the roof, carrying out repairs and re-roofing the parish church recorded with their images in a window here www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8423272587/
He also requested burial wherever he died and the Augustine Friars in Oxford was chosen who were bequeathed an annual income in return for prayers for his soul
Although Walter did not request any commemoration in his will a memorial brass was commissioned which was in place at the Augustine Friars at their dissolution in 1538
At this time many tombs and monuments were being defaced and sold, Walter's son Richard therefore took steps to buy his parent's brass and brought it back here to be united with their stained glass window www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8423272587/ .
Walter is shown bareheaded and dressed in armour www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8423733512/ , and Isabel wearing a headdress and gown, His feet rest on a lion while Isabel’s feet rest by a dog wearing a collar and bells. A separate brass plate for their 8 sons survives www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8423733494/ their 7 daughters are lost
Round the edge in latin is the text from the Vulgate version of Job xix 25-27 in plural form
"For we know that our Redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after our skin worms destroy this boyd yet in our flesh shall we see God. Whom we shall see for ourselves and our eyes shall behold and not another, though our veins be consumed within us".
In 1845 the marginal inscription became loose and on inspection revealed that the brass plate had been reused and that parts of the Curson brass were palimpsests, . The male effigy had been modified with a new head and feet for Walter and that the lower portion of Isabel’s brass was an earlier 15c plate. On the reverse of her upper plate was a palimpsest of a lady c1440, the new upper part having been engraved for Isabel. .
This original mystery couple were identified as Simon Kemp Esquire and wife Margaret (both d1442) who had been buried in Holy Trinity Priory Aldgate,London dissolved in 1532 when fixtures and fittings were sold off (this plate to the Cursons)
Their inscriptions reads "Simon Kamp iacet hic marmore carne sepultrus Lumine suffultus spiritus assit hinc. Anno Millemo Quarter C quadra secundo. Hic Margareta simul uxor contumulatur. Vicesima Sexta feria … decima que die Septembris post obiit uxor celum sibi spero paratum"
The origins of the brass demonstrate from the time of Curson’s death in 1527 until Aldgate Priory was dissolved and the Kemp brass removed c1532 . Again within 6 years the now Curson brass would be removed from Austin Friars c1538 to Waterperry. .
www.mbs-brasses.co.uk/page140.html
They are also shown in a window here www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8423272587/ which commemorates the reroofing the church at their expense
Oxfordshire, Waterperry - modification
New head to Walter Curson 1527 replaced lost head of Simon Kemp. The feet on the brass have been modified.
Alterations to the brass of Simon Kemp Esquire and wife Margaret (both d1442) www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8423733550/ buried in Holy Trinity Priory Aldgate,London dissolved in 1532 when fixtures and fittings were sold off (this plate appropriated by the exors of Walter Curson and Isabel Saunders www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8423733466/ )
c1527 Walter Curson and wife Isabel daughter of Edward Saunders 1514 and Joan Makerneys www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8418850713/
Walter was the 3rd son of John Curson of Kedleston and Elizabeth daughter of Stephen Eyre & Catherine Dymoke : grandson of Richard Curson and Alice Willoughby www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8437970615/, Walter was great grandson of John Curson of Kedleston and Joan Bagot www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8437914367/ of Blithfield
Children
1. Richard of Waterperry m Anna daughter of William Giffard of Twyford
2. Mary
3. Thomas d1555 m Agnes daughter of John Hussey of Shapwyck, Blandford (parents of Mary Fermor www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/11131700316/ )
4. Sibill
5. Gregory
6. Anne
Walter had been acquiring land in Oxfordshire, Bucks and Yorks early in 16c In 1523 he leased the Beaufeu manor here as his residence and after Oseney Abbey was dissolved in 1539 the advowson was granted to Richard Andrewes and Leonard Chamberlain of Woodstock who sold them in 1544 to son Richard in whose family they remained until 19c
In his will Walter bequeathed whatever sum as was necessary, at the discretion of his wife Isabel and son Richard, be provided for removing the tiles and lead from the roof, carrying out repairs and re-roofing the parish church recorded with their images in a window here www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8423272587/
He also requested burial wherever he died and the Augustine Friars in Oxford was chosen who were bequeathed an annual income in return for prayers for his soul
Although Walter did not request any commemoration in his will a memorial brass was commissioned which was in place at the Augustine Friars at their dissolution in 1538
At this time many tombs and monuments were being defaced and sold, Walter's son Richard therefore took steps to buy his parent's brass and brought it back here to be united with their stained glass window www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8423272587/ .
Walter is shown bareheaded and dressed in armour www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8423733512/ , and Isabel wearing a headdress and gown, His feet rest on a lion while Isabel’s feet rest by a dog wearing a collar and bells. A separate brass plate for their 8 sons survives www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8423733494/ their 7 daughters are lost
Round the edge in latin is the text from the Vulgate version of Job xix 25-27 in plural form
"For we know that our Redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after our skin worms destroy this boyd yet in our flesh shall we see God. Whom we shall see for ourselves and our eyes shall behold and not another, though our veins be consumed within us".
In 1845 the marginal inscription became loose and on inspection revealed that the brass plate had been reused and that parts of the Curson brass were palimpsests, . The male effigy had been modified with a new head and feet for Walter and that the lower portion of Isabel’s brass was an earlier 15c plate. On the reverse of her upper plate was a palimpsest of a lady c1440, the new upper part having been engraved for Isabel. .
This original mystery couple were identified as Simon Kemp Esquire and wife Margaret (both d1442) who had been buried in Holy Trinity Priory Aldgate,London dissolved in 1532 when fixtures and fittings were sold off (this plate to the Cursons)
Their inscriptions reads "Simon Kamp iacet hic marmore carne sepultrus Lumine suffultus spiritus assit hinc. Anno Millemo Quarter C quadra secundo. Hic Margareta simul uxor contumulatur. Vicesima Sexta feria … decima que die Septembris post obiit uxor celum sibi spero paratum"
The origins of the brass demonstrate from the time of Curson’s death in 1527 until Aldgate Priory was dissolved and the Kemp brass removed c1532 . Again within 6 years the now Curson brass would be removed from Austin Friars c1538 to Waterperry. .
www.mbs-brasses.co.uk/page140.html
They are also shown in a window here www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8423272587/ which commemorates the reroofing the church at their expense